Harbhajan Singh Asks Fans to Not Overreact to his 'Hindu-Muslim' Tweet

A day after urging his countrymen to learn from Croatia’s World Cup heroics and stop playing ‘Hindu-Muslim’, veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has said he just intended to spread positivity in the mass.

Despite being one of the underdogs, Croatia exceeded all the expectations, as they proved their worth at the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.

The European country got the better of the likes of Argentina and England to qualify for their first-ever World Cup final. Their stunning run came to an end heartbreakingly, as France thrashed them 4-2 in the title-decider in Moscow.

But despite the loss, the world is lavishing praise on the team for their scarcely-believable exploit on the grandest stage of football.

And Harbhajan Singh had used the opportunity to deliver an inspiring message to his fellow Indians.

He had urged Indians to get over religious matters and learn from Croatia, a country with way less population that than of India.

He had taken to Twitter to post his message, writing,

“While Croatia, which has a population of just around 50 lakh, is playing the FIFA World Cup final, while we in India, with a population of 135 crores, are playing “Hindu Muslim”.

लगभग 50 लाख की आबादी वाला देश क्रोएशिया फ़ुटबॉल वर्ल्ड कप का फाइनल खेलेगा
और हम 135 करोड़ लोग हिंदू मुसलमान खेल रहे है।#soch bdlo desh bdlega

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 15, 2018

Not surprisingly, the tweet caused quite a stir across the nation. However, Harbhajan feels there was no need of overreaction on his tweet and once again made his point clear.

The India cricket star said it hurts to see India not even close to playing Football World Cup despite being a huge nation.

“I don’t think there is any need to overreact on my tweet. What I wanted to say I have already done that. I feel we should look at the positive side of it. It is obviously hurting to see that in spite of being such a huge nation, and having such a great sporting culture, we are still decades away from playing the football world cup finals,” Harbhajan told India Today.